High performance lithium-sulfur batteries using three-dimensional hierarchical porous carbons to host the sulfur

SHAN Yu-hang; LI Li-bo; DU Jin-tian; ZHAI Mo

doi:10.1016/S1872-5805(21)60063-X

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SHAN Yu-hang, LI Li-bo, DU Jin-tian, ZHAI Mo. High performance lithium-sulfur batteries using three-dimensional hierarchical porous carbons to host the sulfur. New Carbon Mater., 2021, 36(6): 1094-1102. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(21)60063-X

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SHAN Yu-hang, LI Li-bo, DU Jin-tian, ZHAI Mo. High performance lithium-sulfur batteries using three-dimensional hierarchical porous carbons to host the sulfur. New Carbon Mater., 2021, 36(6): 1094-1102. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(21)60063-X

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High performance lithium-sulfur batteries using three-dimensional hierarchical porous carbons to host the sulfur

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(21)60063-X

School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150040, China

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单宇航，在读博士. E-mail：m18846034009@163.com
Corresponding author: LI Li-bo, Ph.D, Professor. E-mail: lilibo@hrbust.edu.cn
Received Date: 2020-04-24
Rev Recd Date: 2020-06-19

Available Online: 2021-06-03

Publish Date: 2021-12-01

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Abstract

Lithium-sulfur batteries are promising for future energy storage because of their high-energy density and low price. However, they have many problems, especially the large volume change during cycling and the shuttle effect of the soluble polysulfides. To solve these problems, a three-dimensional porous carbon (3D-HPC) was investigated as the sulfur host of a lithium-sulfur battery. The 3D-HPC was prepared by a template method using polymethyl methacrylate and zinc oxide as the templates to form mesopores and macropores, respectively. The results showed that the interconnected macroporous channels and abundant large mesopores formed a three-dimensional conductive carbon network which is beneficial for electron/ion transfer and relieves the cathode volume change by the physical limiting effect. The pores alleviate the shuttle effect by the capillary condensation. A 3D-HPC-S composite used as the cathode has excellent electrochemical properties. The first discharge specific capacity of the 3D-HPC-S is 1 314.6 mAh g⁻¹ at 0.2 C with a sulfur loading of 70%. After 100 cycles, the capacity retention rate is 69.13%. At 0.5 C, the capacity retention rate after 200 cycles is 59.02% and the average coulombic efficiency is 98.16%.
- Three-dimensionally structure,
- Hierarchical porous carbon,
- Macropore,
- Lithium-sulfur battery

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